AndyMark Super Shifter: Dos??

[AdamHeard]

Hmm... their 2-speed dog shifter seems darn near perfect, maybe a little heavy, but they didn't take all the possible measures to lighten it (not really a flaw, just the only thing that isn't near perfect about it). I don't blame them though, the extra cost really wouldn't be worth the ~1 lb or so that might be saved. At least on AM's side, teams should lighten if they want. I just hope we don't hear teams at kickoff saying "OMG!!1 the AM Gen3 is really heavy, AM screwed up, waaa waaa".

Maybe they'll sell an upgrade kit that has lighter parts (Plates, gears, spacers instead of case).... Not really likely though for the same reason as above.

I think it would be awesome if AM made a dewalt kit; you choose what motor, and they do all the parts and come up with an awesome mount. I don't know if the work would be worth it for them in terms of profit, or if it would compete with the 2-speeds too much, but I like the idea.

I'd also like to see a gearbox designed to run an arm off of 1-2 globe motors or 1-2 FP motors, kind of like the CIM planetary, but not as beefy. There currently isn't a COTS gearbox for those two (besides the cumbersome stock FP gearbox) that provides a significant amount of reduction, in a reliable package (please don't mention banebots).

I know I kind of went off topic.... but hey, I can dream...